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Southern black blues fathered country and western music, which stayed in the hills unchanged for generations while the strains that travelled to the city became jazz. After the glorious period of Jimmie Rodgers, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb--country music started to become big business. Nashville discovered the way...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: An Apology for Merle Haggard | 10/11/1973 | See Source »

Meanwhile, he's trying to create a few legends for the forefathers of country music. His album of Jimmie Rodgers songs ("California Blues", "Carolina Sunshine Girl", "Frankie and Johnny", "Peachpickin' Time in Georgia") is the finest album in the field for years. He learned to play the fiddle so he...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: An Apology for Merle Haggard | 10/11/1973 | See Source »

This is needless, because the music--tasteful, impeccable country music--is tribute enough, not only to Bob Wills, Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers, but to Merle Haggard. On one live album, Haggard introduces one of his own songs, saying abashedly, "Maybe someday they'll say, 'this is an old Merle...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: An Apology for Merle Haggard | 10/11/1973 | See Source »

Nearly 30 years have passed since Dana Andrews pursued Jeanne Grain across the Des Moines fairground to the accompanying strains of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Andrews is a grandfather by now, and Jeanne Grain makes the rounds of TV talk shows, but the state fairs of the Midwest remain almost immutable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: A Mecca Along the Midway | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

Another area being investigated involves rental contracts made by the General Services Administration on behalf of various federal agencies for office space. Such agreements are frequently reached without competitive bidding, and the political clout of landlords is a clearly understood part of the negotiating process. One such contractor with impeccably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Out of the Past: The Agnew Case | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

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